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My complaint about the name is that it would be hard to "google" it. This means if I don't bookmark it or remember where I found it, then a couple of years fro

by rotten 7y ago

My complaint about the name is that it would be hard to "google" it. This means if I don't bookmark it or remember where I found it, then a couple of years from now when my laptop needs to be rebuilt, I'll have the darndest time finding it to install it again.

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aliveupstairs 7y ago
This effectively made github my second search engine. We should have an AskHN on how to find software in general.
- lostlogin 7y ago
  I’m using multiple search engines more and more. Possibly this is due to me usually bypassing google to avoid the ad laden hits. A view with search results from a few sources comes to mind as a solution. Another back burner project.
  - aliveupstairs 7y ago
    You can do this with browser search engines, but as a DuckDuckGo user, I can !bang search_term (`!gh`, `!github` to search in github.) Now, I think DuckDuckGo is very lacking in terms of Zero-click searching, but if I know where to get information I can !bang to it (e.g., `!hn what`) or if you're feeling luck `\hn what` will open the first search result. Much better than spending an afternoon setting up search engines.
    - wyclif 7y ago
      DDG has an Instant Answer API: https://duckduckgo.com/api https://duckduckgo.com/api
    - legends2k 7y ago
      3 year long user of DDG, never knew about the feeling lucky (\) option.
overcast 7y ago
Every browser has book marking syncing in some capacity these days. It's the equivalent of losing contacts with a new phone in 1999.
- ChikkaChiChi 7y ago
  I wouldn't recommend putting the onus on the end user to remember how to find your product. Too many assumptions.
  - overcast 7y ago
    That was a response to them having an issue with losing bookmarks. Are bookmarks in general now a negative onus?
    - macintux 7y ago
      As search engines have gotten better over the years, I find my use of bookmarks is usually write-once read-never. Part of that is due to the fact that iOS is now my primary consumption platform, and finding bookmarks in a complex structure is much more awkward than it should be. Part of it is just laziness: trying to manage a complex bookmark folder is more work than I care to do when search engines give me 99% of what I need.
      - anais9 7y ago
        For what it's worth I had the same problem with folder/hierarchically structured bookmarks, but tag-based bookmarking (like del.icio.us used to provide) meshed very well with me and my workflow so I wrote https://savecrate.com https://savecrate.com (still a WIP and rough around the edges but functional enough to work for me)
      - lostlogin 7y ago
        > I find my use of bookmarks is usually write-once read-never I found this with Instapaper. What was a bookmark and what was a read-later?
cgarvis 7y ago
Hackernews Search is a better google for cool things I've found on the internet.
sdan 7y ago
I just type in what I’m looking for and “news.ycombinator.com” at the end so that it links to a HN page. Sometimes I have to use site: to make sure it’s actually from HN, but works reasonably well.
- ric2b 7y ago
  with duck duck go you can just write !hn instead.

by rotten 7y ago

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aliveupstairs 7y ago

This effectively made github my second search engine. We should have an AskHN on how to find software in general.

lostlogin 7y ago
I’m using multiple search engines more and more. Possibly this is due to me usually bypassing google to avoid the ad laden hits. A view with search results from a few sources comes to mind as a solution. Another back burner project.
- aliveupstairs 7y ago
  You can do this with browser search engines, but as a DuckDuckGo user, I can !bang search_term (`!gh`, `!github` to search in github.) Now, I think DuckDuckGo is very lacking in terms of Zero-click searching, but if I know where to get information I can !bang to it (e.g., `!hn what`) or if you're feeling luck `\hn what` will open the first search result. Much better than spending an afternoon setting up search engines.
  - wyclif 7y ago
    DDG has an Instant Answer API: https://duckduckgo.com/api https://duckduckgo.com/api
  - legends2k 7y ago
    3 year long user of DDG, never knew about the feeling lucky (\) option.

overcast 7y ago

Every browser has book marking syncing in some capacity these days. It's the equivalent of losing contacts with a new phone in 1999.

ChikkaChiChi 7y ago
I wouldn't recommend putting the onus on the end user to remember how to find your product. Too many assumptions.
- overcast 7y ago
  That was a response to them having an issue with losing bookmarks. Are bookmarks in general now a negative onus?
  - macintux 7y ago
    As search engines have gotten better over the years, I find my use of bookmarks is usually write-once read-never. Part of that is due to the fact that iOS is now my primary consumption platform, and finding bookmarks in a complex structure is much more awkward than it should be. Part of it is just laziness: trying to manage a complex bookmark folder is more work than I care to do when search engines give me 99% of what I need.
    - anais9 7y ago
      For what it's worth I had the same problem with folder/hierarchically structured bookmarks, but tag-based bookmarking (like del.icio.us used to provide) meshed very well with me and my workflow so I wrote https://savecrate.com https://savecrate.com (still a WIP and rough around the edges but functional enough to work for me)
    - lostlogin 7y ago
      > I find my use of bookmarks is usually write-once read-never I found this with Instapaper. What was a bookmark and what was a read-later?

cgarvis 7y ago

Hackernews Search is a better google for cool things I've found on the internet.

sdan 7y ago

I just type in what I’m looking for and “news.ycombinator.com” at the end so that it links to a HN page. Sometimes I have to use site: to make sure it’s actually from HN, but works reasonably well.

ric2b 7y ago
with duck duck go you can just write !hn instead.